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The U.S. economy’s strength should boost Republicans’ prospects in congressional elections this November, writes Michael Boskin. But polls currently show that Democrats will retake one or both chambers of Congress.

Historian Adam Tooze says the events of 2008 taught two painful and deeply disconcerting lessons: First, capitalism is prone to disasters. Second, global growth did not strengthen the unipolar order led by the West.

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The new Treaty of Aachen is important for its historical symbolism, but it should not be viewed as an adequate response to the European Union's organizational and strategic deficiencies. If the EU wants to defend Western values, it must reestablish itself as a sovereign power, in every sense of the …

For many years, US policymakers worried that Taiwan would upset the apple cart: not content with the mere trappings of independence, it would opt for the real thing – an unacceptable outcome for the mainland. Now, however, the balancing act is threatened by both China and the US.

Even before the international community started rallying behind Venezuela's opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, the country's interim president, Nicolás Maduro, was running out of runway. It is now clear that the Chavist regime cannot survive, and that the country will need massive humanitarian and fina…

No single preventive health intervention is more cost-effective than immunization. And yet, despite significant progress on expanding global immunization, coverage has stalled at about 85% in recent years, which translates into millions of needless deaths.

This year marks four decades since Margaret Thatcher came to power as Britain’s first woman prime minister, inaugurating an era of market fundamentalism that is still with us today. Why does an ideology that is so obviously exhausted maintain its grip on policymakers worldwide?

Unlike the United Kingdom, Greece is one of the European Union’s smaller economies, notorious for its weak institutions and economy, and a net recipient of EU funds. And yet the Grexit near-exit from the EU in 2015 offers important lessons for the final stage of Brexit negotiations.